Indiana State Department of Health

Indiana Specific Reports

Estimating the Economic Impact of Secondhand Smoke on Indiana in 2010This is an update from the 2007 study. Prepared for the Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Commission by T. Zollinger, R. Saywell, C. Lewis.

Estimating the Economic Impact of Secondhand Smoke on Marion County in 2010This is an update from the 2007 study. Prepared for the Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Commission by T. Zollinger, R. Saywell, and C. Lewis.

Indiana Cancer Facts & Figures 2012The Indiana Cancer Consortium published a comprehensive report on cancer in Indiana--"Indiana Cancer Facts and Figures." This 73-page report contains the most accurate and current cancer data for Indiana assembled in a single source.

National Reports

The 30th Surgeon General’s Report on Tobacco, How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease, finds that cellular damage and tissue inflammation from tobacco smoke are immediate, and that repeated exposure weakens the body’s ability to heal the damage. Exposure to tobacco smoke – even occasional smoking or secondhand smoke – causes immediate damage to your body that can lead to serious illness or death.http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/tobaccosmoke/index.html

Saving Lives Saving MoneyTwo reports from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network measure the dramatic health and economic benefits of enacting strong tobacco control policies in the states. The reports quantify lives saved, reduction in smokers and health costs saved in each state from implementing comprehensive smoke-free laws or tobacco tax increases.http://www.acscan.org/tobaccoreports